On Thursday, June 25, 2009, the V8 Gateway Collaborative supported by Detroit LISC presents a “Ribbon Cutting Ceremonial Bus Tour” event to celebrate the façade improvements of 10 businesses and over $500,000 of Investment along the Van Dyke corridor within the cities of Center Line, Warren and Detroit.

In King County, Washington, 2,922 parents and children are homeless each night, and 23,000 children here witness domestic violence in their homes. These aren't just statistics. These are real people, people that Family Services is reaching out to help.

The Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF) announced the appointment of a new executive director, Barbara Deutsch, ASLA. Deutsch comes to LAF from BioRegional's One Planet Communities Program in Washington, DC. She will focus on expanding LAF's influence in sustainable design.

Announcement of humanitarian specialty package for Disaster Releif efforts made by international Non-Government Organizations ("NGOs"). Program is being launched at DIHAD humanitarian event in Dubai, UAE.

Matthew Cossolotto, former aide to House Speaker Jim Wright and Congressman Leon Panetta, is forming a new nonprofit called Study Abroad Alumni International (SAAI). “With the world in an almost constant state of chaos and turmoil, it’s time for an international study abroad alumni organization dedicated to building a community of global citizens." www.studyabroadalumniinternational.org

The Parkinson’s Action Network (PAN) will host its annual Research & Public Policy Forum on March 15-17 in Washington, D.C. It’s a chance for one of PAN’s state coordinators to continue an advocacy she bolstered with her wildly successful book.

Dr. Lynnette P. Williams-Young a Refractive Fellow, S.A.V.E. Program Coordinator, in conjunction with National Glaucoma Awareness Month and support from Park Avenue Laser, Dr. Emil Chynn and Roman Iospa, CEO of BiCOM Inc. are providing a free Glaucoma screening event to the community

Sports software company offers help to youth sports organizations whose current software provider kept their registration money creating a financial and operational hardship for those non-profit organizations. Bonzi, a sports software company, gets those organizations back up and running.

God's Children International is a Christian, non-profit organization with the vision of sponsoring and meeting the needs of children in Africa and around the globe. We meet the fanancial challenge of these children's education by providing help with tuition, school supplies, uniforms and nutritional meals. We provide them with food supplements, and vitamins in order to eradicate malnutrition.

2008 NAACP Freedom Fund Celebrity Weekend Features Special Closing Night Gala and Presentation of the Key to the City to ANTM Alum, Toccara Jones. Current Corporate and In-Kind Sponsors Include AK Steel, Miami University of Middletown and The Manchester Inn

The Skin Cancer Awareness Foundation has launched a nationwide search for volunteers to become involved with their “Shade Across America” program. They are looking for volunteer state directors and city coordinators to create a network of crusaders for shade to help and protect our children from the harmful UV rays and potentially save lives.

Unprotected playground equipment can get too hot to touch during the summer months, which can lead to children being severely burned. Children who are unprotected from the harmful rays of the sun could face skin cancer.

Angie is currently President of Sunless Beauty, Ltd., manufacturers of the latest sunless tanning science. She has been working in the cosmetics industry to advance safe alternatives to tanning in the sun for over seven years. Angie has been featured in many beauty magazines, newspapers and television interviews as an expert in the sunless tanning industry.

In joyous culmination and tasteful celebration of a successful Coral Gables Relay of Life 2008, this year they are hosting the Third Annual Relay for Life Silent Auction and Fashion Show. At 6:30pm on Thursday, May 22nd at the Venetian Pool in Coral Gables; survivors, family, friends, supporters, volunteers and community members will assemble to the theme of Old Havana.